Xiao Xu didn't wait for an answer, and the mule cart slowly stopped. The rider whispered outside the mule cart: "Miss Huisan, I have arrived at the side gate of the guest house." ”

Chu Junlan lifted the curtain and said, "Let's talk about it at home." ”

Her words made Xiao Xu show his face again.

"Okay."

Chu Junlan looked at Xiao Xu's bright smiling face strangely, and he was a little confused for a while.

Did she say anything funny?

The two got off the mule cart, and the driver drove the cart back to the main courtyard, Zi Yan heard the movement and came to open the door, and Chu Junlan greeted him and asked, "How is my eldest brother?" ”

"The eldest young master's fever has subsided, and he is still asleep."

Chu Junlan relieved his heart slightly, turned around and said to Xiao Xu with a smile: "I'll go see the eldest brother first." ”

"I'll go with you."

The two went to the bedroom together, Baole was sitting on the footrest on the edge of the bed, heard the footsteps and turned around, and saw Chu Junlan and Xiao Xu coming side by side, and hurriedly stood up: "The prince, the third miss." ”

Xiao Xu bowed slightly, leaned on the edge of the bed to look, and saw Chu Huating's hair scattered, his face pale, his eyes closed and he was sleeping, the thin quilt was covered to his shoulders, and he could see his snow-white neckline slightly open.

Chu Junlan checked Chu Huating and made sure that he was fine, and then gave him an injection to relieve the pain, changed the medicine, and worked for half an hour before it ended.

Xiao Xu didn't urge, when Chu Junlan was concentrating, Zi Yan surrounded him with a handful of pestles, but he refused to sit down, just stood not far behind Chu Junlan.

"Speaking of which, I want to thank you." Chu Junlan turned around and smiled brightly at Xiao Xu, "I heard Li Qianhu say it." I know I can ask him to bring me a message, you have wasted a lot of effort. ”

Xiao Xu smiled and shook his head: "Not yet." ”

"Whatever you say, I want to thank you."

"Not necessarily." After Xiao Xu finished speaking, his lips moved again.

If you know how to do things, then you should take the opportunity to show your loyalty, at least say "I am willing to do anything for you, and I don't need to thank you". But Xiao Xu couldn't say it anyway, even if he really thought so in his heart.

Chu Junlan saw that he was silent, but because he knew that he didn't care, he said heartily: "Anyway, I have written down this kindness." ”

She looked at the sleeping Chu Huating again, and then said, "Let's go to my house and say, let my eldest brother sleep in peace." ”

Xiao Xu nodded, the two got up, and went to the wing where Chu Junlan lived.

They wanted to talk about serious things, and they were very frank, but Baole and Zi Yan glanced at each other and squeezed each other's eyes.

Bao Le said in a low voice: "Why don't you go and serve soon?" ”

"I'm not going, the prince and the young lady are fine, what am I going to do."

"Silly, it's because they're good that you're going."

Zi Yan snorted, and said with a slightly red face: "You just serve the eldest young master, and you don't have to worry about our young lady's affairs." ”

Baole rolled his eyes angrily, glared at Zi Yan and went to work on himself.

Zi Yan secretly thought in her heart: Don't say anything else, when Miss treats the son, even if she is honest with each other, what is there to prevent in this meeting, not to mention that Miss acts in her own way, and the son is also a gentleman, the marriage date of the two of them is approaching, and it is her turn to worry about a little girl?

In Chu Junlan's room, the two sat at the table of the eight immortals outside, Chu Junlan poured a cup of tea for Xiao Xu, Xiao Xu took a sip, held the teacup and lowered his eyes and asked: "The emperor was so provoked by the Northern Yuan people, if it were you, how would you choose?" ”

Chu Junlan sneered: "How dare I compare myself like this? But if I ......"

She couldn't help but calm down, thought about it, and said slowly: "If it's just my own business, and I am bullied by others, I naturally refuse to be angry, and I would rather be broken than broken." But if it's not just my business, and my choices will affect other people, I can't be presumptuous, I need to be cautious. ”

The more he talked, the smoother Chu Junlan analyzed: "The Northern Yuan Dynasty Chen has 150,000 soldiers, can Yu Dayong resist?" ”

"Nature is able."

"Yes, but although you can resist, in the end, it is a matter of labor and money," Chu Junlan smiled, "That Borno doesn't know what to think, he has the ability to Chen Bing 150,000 on the border between the two countries, but he doesn't want to ask for some practical benefits, what is the use of just having the title of 'Grassland Co-Master'?" No matter what the title is, only if you can really catch the benefits in your hands is really beneficial, just to provoke Dayong for a false name, is he afraid that he is not in the water? ”

Xiao Xu was amused by her playful remark.

Chu Junlan's thinking became clearer and clearer.

"So, for Yu Dayong, even if he is given a title, it is just a little loss of face, and in fact, he didn't pay anything, and he can send Borno to go back to Beiyuan with his soldiers and horses.

"And the country of the Northern Yuan Dynasty is composed of multiple tribes, when they were originally divided into east and west, both the east and the west were also composed of dozens of tribes, Borno was crowned with the title of 'grassland co-master', not only did he not get benefits, but also made him the target of the leaders of the other tribes, just the three big words 'come and kill' were written on the door of his head. Wouldn't it be nice to simply let them go back and watch Borno and his men fight among themselves?

"When the time comes, whether it is 150,000 Chen soldiers or 1.5 million Chen soldiers, they will become consumables for internal fighting, and by the time they separate the male and female, they will already be vulnerable, and Dayong will have no loss except for the loss of face by the Son of Heaven."

As soon as Chu Junlan raised his head, he met Xiao Xu's eyes full of tenderness, looking at her quite complicatedly.

Chu Junlan couldn't help but touch his cheeks: "Did I say something wrong?" ”

Xiao Xu smiled: "You are very smart. Not bad, as you say. Whether it is the Son of Heaven or the courtiers, no one will be stupid enough to send troops to suppress the Northern Yuan, and the gains outweigh the losses. My father is the emperor's confidant, and sometimes for the emperor's dignity, he has to make some necessary sacrifices, and your Chu family is the in-law of the Gongding Palace, and something big happened, if someone wants to deal with the Gongding Palace, they will first embarrass your family. ”

It was embarrassing for Xiao Xu to say so much, Chu Junlan listened to his deep magnetic voice, pondered for a moment and said, "It turns out that King Gongding is a diehard loyalist of the emperor. ”

Xiao Xu's eyes became more and more approving: "Yes." ”

What else did Chu Junlan not understand at this time?

The emperor needs a logical reason to make a decision, and the decision he makes will hurt his face, so someone must build a ladder for him.

The emperor's mind lies in checks and balances. If the court is full of smart people, and the courtiers are one-sided, wouldn't it seem that the emperor is useless?

Therefore, King Gongding must be the emperor's confidant and the one responsible for building the ladder.

To put it bluntly, King Gongding will definitely lead people to rebel against the Lord and the faction, be a villain, and wait for him to arouse the anger of the courtiers, and the emperor will refute him again, and then he can make a logical order.

"It's insidious." Chu Junlan smacked his tongue, "I can't play with this with a stupid brain." ”

Xiao Xu couldn't help but nod her forehead, "You're not stupid, you just disdain." ”

Chu Junlan was stunned for a moment, touched his forehead, and raised his eyes to look at Xiao Xu.

Xiao Xu was watched by her bright eyes before he realized what he had done, the fingertips that touched her skin were like a fire, he hurriedly clenched his fists, hid his hands behind his back, lowered his head and said, "In short, you have to be careful." ”